Jon Woods was charged with workers’ compensation claims fraud in 2017 along with several other applicants’ attorneys by the Orange County District Attorney. He was tried in 2019 and got a mistrial on April 17, 2019. He was tried again in July of 2022 after a long delay due to the Covid-19 pandemic; he then... Read More
Matthew Rifat’s trial starts up again tomorrow, March 20th 2025, Thursday, at 9:00 am
The trial picks up again tomorrow morning after being in recess since March 7th, Friday, 2025. But what happened to open the case on Tuesday, March 4th? Here’s some material. Vilette Magapan, one of the California Bar prosecutors from the Office of Chief Trial Counsel, began her opening statement by expressing Matthew Rifat represented multiple... Read More
Matthew Rifat spends four days on trial, so far, with the California Bar to defend his law license
Matthew Rifat’s trial has gone on for four days. It began on Tuesday, March 4th 2025, and went through yesterday, Friday, March 7th 2025. It is still on-going. It is planned at this time to continue on March 20th and 21st, Thursday and Friday; and is expected to end on that Friday, March 21st. Thus,... Read More
Other lawyers have committed the same actions as Matthew Rifat and were not alleged to have committed a crime
The following further facts were discovered by Matthew Rifat after the California Bar brought this case against him because he pled guilty to a felony. Because of this, the Bar is bringing their proceedings against him to determine if his crime was one of moral turpitude. This is all because the Indictment against him from... Read More
Matthew Rifat working on stipulations of fact and exhibits for his upcoming trial with the California Bar Court on March 4, 2025
Matthew Rifat’s trial with the California Bar Court is coming up on Tuesday, March 4th 2025. He is to start out working on stipulations of fact and exhibits. The Court has indicated that it is not interested in anything other than what Matthew did know and when he knew about any misconduct at Blue Oak... Read More
Attorney Matthew Rifat, who worked as a vendor bookkeeping service for Dr. Uwaydah’s Blue Oak Medical Group, fights to keep his California Bar license.
Matthew Rifat’s Bar trial is set for March 4th 2025. The trial Judge has asked the parties to file briefs or motions on scope. The Bar prosecution, within the Office of Chief Trial Counsel, has stated they will present the same case to the Bar Court as was the case dismissed almost a year ago... Read More
California State Bar Trial for attorney Matthew Rifat scheduled to start on March 4, 2025. Rifat pled guilty to “reckless disregard” for whether Blue Oak Medical intended to commit insurance fraud.
Attorney Matthew Rifat’s trial with the California State Bar Court is still scheduled to begin on March 4, 2025, Tuesday. There was a conference with the new judge, Phong Wang, on this case last Thursday, February 13th 2025. This is the third judge since these California Bar discipline proceedings began for Rifat. The Bar does... Read More
Matthew Rifat awarded $475,000 by the federal court in the southern district in California for violation of his civil rights by the Riverside County District Attorney
Matthew Rifat, who had been under prosecution from the Riverside County District Attorney for workers’ compensation claims fraud and money laundering since January of 2019, and up until February 29th 2024, has won a $475,000 award from the Federal U.S. District Court of the Southern District of California. The award was given on January 14,... Read More
